Chapter 12, 4 Terms

Question 1

Originally referred to people who accepted the five fundamental beliefs (see Chapter Eleven). By the 1950s the term referred to conservative Christians who focused on precise personal standards and on separation from every hint of liberalism.

Answer 1

Fundamentalists

Question 2

Persons who altered Christian theology to fit the outlook of the Modern Age by separating Christian theology from traditional doctrines and biblical texts.

Answer 2

Theological Liberals

Question 3

Originally synonymous with “fundamentalists.” During the 1950s the term “evangelical” replaced “new [or neo-] evangelical” as a description of believers who emphasized Christian unity, the truthfulness and unique authority of Scripture, salvation by grace through exclusive faith in Jesus Christ, and the need for evangelism.

Answer 3

Evangelicals

Question 4

The worldview that arose at the end of the Modern Age. The Modern Age lasted from the late 1700s until the mid-1900s. Modernity stressed words, reason, and the material world. Postmodernity has tended to emphasize personal experiences and the spiritual realm.

Answer 4

Postmodernity